Browsing Animal Sciences electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Semester "2013 Spring"
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Behavioral and physiological phenotype of the viable yellow mouse (AVY/a)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Epigenetics is the study of how heritable phenotypes are transmitted without changes being made to the DNA sequence. One of the best characterized animal models for epigenetics is the viable yellow (Avy) mouse. These animals ... -
Characterization of a transgenic pig model carrying green fluorescent proteasomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)The Ubiquitin Proteasome System (UPS) participates in many biological processes involving substrate-specific proteolysis, and can be linked to various pathologies and genetic diseases. Unfortunately, little is known about ... -
The effects of reduced protein diets using the Missouri ideal turkey protein on male turkeys from 0 to 21 weeks of age
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Protein is one of the major cost components in turkey diets. When diets are formulated on an ideal protein basis, the levels of crude protein decrease with the use of amino acids (AA); performance is maintained and feed ... -
Improving fiber by-product utilization in high concentrate diets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)The effects of starch and fiber combinations in feedlot diets were examined to determine maximum whole shell corn (WSC) inclusion rate in high fiber diets and determine the effects of fibrolytic enzyme addition to WSC diets ... -
The inhibition of cysteine peptidases improves in vitro maturation of porcine cumulus-oocyte-complexes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The cell permeable cysteine peptidase inhibitor, E-64, has shown utility as a potent and irreversible inhibitor for many cysteine proteases. Consequently, ... -
Large offspring syndrome, a bovine model for the human loss-of-imprinting overgrowth syndrome Beckwith-Wiedemann
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a human loss-of-imprinting syndrome primarily characterized by macrosomia, macroglossia, and abdominal wall defects. BWS has been associated with misregulation of two clusters of imprinted ... -
Modeling EAA requirement and developing low fishmeal diet for yellow perch
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Overall, my dissertation research sought to enhance production of yellow perch by developing a low cost, complete diet for juvenile yellow perch by ... -
Use of simvastatin to inhibit advanced prostate cancer formation in the TRAMP mouse model of prostate cancer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] A provocative question currently proposed by the NIH is: do statin medications, which lower serum cholesterol, prevent cancer? We hypothesize that ...